Cate, Sandra. Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon.(Book Review)

CATE, Sandra. Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. xiv + 218 pages. Figures, color plates, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$50.00; ISBN O-8248-2357-5.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the deeper cultural significance underlying the production of modern "Thai art by means of an anthropological investigation of the murals in Wat Buddhapadipa (WB), the Thai royal temple built in Wimbledon, England.

In chapter two, it is pointed out that Thai elites with a rich experience of staying in Western ...

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